Standing
up to hackers is not cheap. Do you have a Ransomeware plan?
Nunavut
government computer systems coming back online after cyber attack
...
All
Nunavut government computers were paralyzed on Nov. 2 when
a ransomware virus entered the
system.
… The
government says it refused to pay the ransom and offices were forced
to rely on fax machines, paper forms and telephone calls while the
system was repaired.
… There
were about 2,000 computers that needed to be formatted and updated in
Iqaluit, and another 3,000 computers on the government's network in
the communities.
The government
says it keeps monthly and yearly backups of its computer system, and
takes a nightly snapshot.
Simple
is often best. It’s not silly is it works!
Silly
Phishing Scam Warns That Your Password Will be Changed
A
silly phishing campaign is underway where the attackers state that
your password will expire and be changed unless you login and confirm
that you want to keep it the same.
… Of
course, once you click on the "Keep same password" link you
will be brought to a page asking you to login to your mail server.
Once
you so, though, the attackers will now have your login credentials
and be able to access your email account.
Just
make sure everything you do is recorded under your friendly
neighborhood law professor’s name.
Fears
Grow on Digital Surveillance: US Survey
Americans
are increasingly fearful of monitoring of their online and offline
activities, both by governments and private companies, a survey
showed Friday.
The
Pew Research Center report said more than 60 percent of US adults
believe it is impossible to go about daily life without having
personal information collected by companies or the government.
Most
Americans are uneasy about how their data is collected and used: 79
percent said they are not comfortable about the handling of their
information by private firms, and 69 percent said the same of the
government.
Seven
in 10 surveyed said they think their personal data is less secure
than five years ago, while only six percent said it is more secure,
the report
found.
Has
Apple become over optimistic about new product acceptance? Perhaps
they are under estimating how the banking industry sees the risks?
Apple
warns of risks from German law to open up mobile payments
Apple
said on Friday moves in Germany to force it to open up its Apple Pay
mobile payments system to rivals could hurt data protection and the
security of financial information.
A
German parliamentary committee unexpectedly voted in a late-night
session on Wednesday to force the tech giant to open up Apple Pay to
rival providers in Germany.
… Apple
Pay, which lets people pay with their iPhones, is a fast growing area
of the company’s business, one which threatens to undermine
traditional banks’ long-standing dominance of retail payment
systems.
“We
are surprised at how suddenly this legislation was introduced,”
Apple said on Friday.
Your
manager as your life coach?
How
artificial intelligence is redefining the role of manager
… Now that AI is removing many of the
administrative tasks typically handled by managers, their roles are
evolving to focus more on soft over hard skills. The survey found
that workers believe robots are better than their managers at
providing unbiased information, maintaining work schedules,
problem-solving and budget management, while managers are better at
empathy, coaching and creating a work culture.
For my more adventurous students.
1. Mojeek (Web): Search by Emotion, While Staying
Private
2. Givero (Web): Raise Money for Good Causes
Through Web Searches
3. Gibiru (Web): Uncensored, Privacy-Protected
Google Results
4. SearX (Web): Metasearch to Get Results From
Multiple Search Engines
5. Presearch (Web): Earn Cryptocurrency Through
Searches
A clear indication that the world is changing?
A
fundraising campaign to make little green Army women absolutely
crushed its goal
Little girls everywhere will soon have the chance
to play with a set of classic little green Army soldiers that
actually reflect the presence of women in the armed forces.
A
Kickstarter campaign to
fund the creation of plastic Army women, originally launched on
Thursday, crushed its fundraising goal of $11,400 in just 12 hours.
As
of Friday morning, almost 400 supporters had raised $16,610; by the
time I was done writing this article, that number had reached
$17,465.
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